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Oregon News

Oregon updates hazardous substances list to include harmful forever chemicals, begins rulemaking

Oregon and other states say Trump’s continued freeze on much-needed FEMA aid violates a judge’s order

State to pay $465K settlement in ODOT whistleblower suit

Oregon Political News

A 2023 Bill Allowed Classified School Employees to Collect Unemployment Benefits on School Breaks

ODOT’s Alternative to the Gas Tax Is Stuck in Neutral

Land swap moves to legislature

Metropolitan Portland News

Clackamas County’s largest public employee union votes to strike

Portland struggling with ‘confusing’ public comment rules in new government

Are Oregon’s Top Democrats More Interested in Housing the Poor or Helping Their Campaign Donors?

County Commissioners Seek to Curb Chair’s Power

Central/Eastern Oregon

Flood warning extended in Harney County

Lithium project in southeastern Oregon gets public input extension

Southern Oregon

Environmental groups notch major legal win in Southern Oregon to protect old-growth forests

2 department heads among new Josephine County firings

Jackson County $660M budget set for final review April 7-8, up $20M from 2024-25

Business/Economic News

Trump tariffs, falling business confidence may not affect hiring yet

Truth Social filing would allow Trump’s trust to sell up to $2.3 billion in stock

A jittery Wall Street rides the tariff roller coaster and appears headed for big losses on Thursday

Transportation News

Tesla Deliveries Sank 13% in First Quarter

Amtrak Cascades begins restoring canceled service

Energy & Environment

Climate disasters are on the rise. These states want to make oil companies pay.

International News

Judge orders fired federal probationary workers reinstated in Oregon, 18 other states

National Political News

No bathroom breaks: How Booker accomplished record Senate speech

Trump pressures Senate Republicans to oppose resolution that would nullify Canada tariffs

Senate Republicans set to bypass parliamentarian on Trump tax cuts

Booker says Democrats ‘have to take some responsibility’ for state of the country

Senate unveils new blueprint for mega-MAGA package

Exclusive: Schumer proposes security training for Trump officials after Signalgate scandal

White House fed up with RFK Jr.’s sluggish press shop

Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon

Senate GOP budget resolution sets stage for raising debt limit by as much as $5 trillion

Tariff News

Trump is set to announce ‘reciprocal’ tariffs in a risky move that could reshape the economy

China Facing Steeper Tariffs; Some of Highest Rates Apply to Allies

Trump announces 10 percent tariffs on all imports, additional taxes for some 60 countries

Live updates: Trump slams trade partners as he unveils new tariffs

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs: Here’s how much countries are getting hit

GOP braces for potential defeat on Trump tariff bill

Trump tariffs would hit lower-income Americans hardest

Democrats demoralized by Trump get a boost from Wisconsin voters and Cory Booker’s speech

Trump sets tariffs, says farmers have been ‘brutalized’

DOGE News

Musk could be headed for a Washington exit after turbulent times at Trump’s DOGE

Opinion

Tuesday’s Results Give Democrats a ‘Big Psychological Boost’

The MAGA Backlash Arrives

Why exactly is Trump so obsessed with tariffs?